Josh Richards isn’t backing down from spilling the truth, even if it shocks the whole internet.

The TikTok star, who is currently dating his girlfriend Gabi Moura, recently admitted that he tried to shoot his shot at fellow TikTok star Charli D’Amelio before moving on to her older sister Dixie D’Amelio.

On January 22, 2024, Past Your Bedtime released a new podcast episode with Fannita, Bottoms Up With Fannita, where Richards was invited as a guest. During the episode, he makes a shocking confession, revealing he tried to date Charli before Dixie.

Around the 35th minute mark of the podcast, host Fannita asked Richards how he felt about the D’Amelios. “Like the whole family,” Richards asked, to which Fannita replied, “Yeah. Y’all still cool? There is no beef?”

The Canadian star then mentioned that he didn’t think there was any drama or anything like that between them. However, he revealed that Charli and Dixie’s mother, Heidi D’Amelio, didn’t like him.

Richards then revealed why Heidi didn’t like him and mentioned it might be because he first tried to shoot his shot at Charli and then at Dixie. He stated, “I don’t think it’s like real beef or anything like that. I just think the mother didn’t like me that much ever.”

“Like when I went and, you know, talked to Charlie a little bit or like then with Dixie. They just didn’t like me,” he added. “So you did talk to Dixie?” Fannita asked, which Richards agreed upon, after which she said, “Oh, you’re trifling.”

“I mean, that was pretty evident,” Richards stated. After this, Fannita and Richards moved on to other topics of discussion, including the latter’s friendship with Bryce Hall and other TikTok stars, to which Richards mentioned that he is cool with most of them.

After the podcast was released, many eagle-eyed viewers noticed Richards’ comment on the D’Amelio sisters. The Instagram tea page, TeaTok Talk, also posted the exact clip on their handle, and the comment section became a platform for keen fans to express their views.

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For instance, one Instagram user wrote, “Tried talking to both sisters and then wonders why the mom doesn’t like him,” with another one adding, “Wait hold up he tried to get with Charli and Dixie? JOSH PLEASEEE.”

One user loved Richards admitting the truth and wrote, “LMFAOOO Josh is funny. He can admit when he’s toxic, and we love that.” “Some things are better left unsaid,” commented another Instagram user.

That said, Richards and Charli never dated each other. On the other hand, the same couldn’t be said about Richards and Dixie, as they previously sparked dating rumors, and Richards has even claimed that he “hooked up” with her.

Richards and Dixie’s dating rumors started in early January 2023, after the latter’s very public break up with her now-former boyfriend Noah Beck. On January 31, 2023, Dixie hosted the afterparty for Richards’ 21st birthday, initiating the rumors of them dating.

Josh Richards at his 21st birthday party with Dixie D’Amelio in the background (Photo: Instagram)

Rumors about their romance got fueled even more after the two were seen together at a Sports Illustrated party in February 2023 and when they attended the Super Bowl LVII 2023 alongside Charli and her boyfriend, Landon Barker.

Richards later denied the rumors during his March 2023 interview with Entertainment Tonight. He set the record straight by mentioning that he and Dixie weren’t romantically involved and were just friends.

Richards’ statement slowed down the rumors for a while, and it was eventually buried when he began dating his now-girlfriend Moura. Later, in October 2023, Dixie also opened up about the dating rumors during an episode of The D’Amelio Show.

She mentioned that she was working on starting a podcast with Richards, and the podcast was about relationship advice, an idea they thought was awesome since both of them were single and had very public breakups at the time.

Dixie D’Amelio with her younger sister Charli D’Amelio (Photo: Instagram)

Dixie admitted that the nature of the podcast was stressing her out amid rumors that she was dating Richards. She mentioned that Richards talked about doing the podcast in November or December 2022, after which they started talking more and hanging out as friends.

Charli also chimed into the conversation during the episode and admitted that she didn’t think she could ever see Richards and Dixie dating. Dixie added that they were “homies” and had joked about already doing so much PR due to their alleged romance.

In the latter part of the episode, viewers learned that Dixie talked to her parents and discussed doing a podcast with Richards. Dixie and Charli’s mother, Heidi, admitted she didn’t like Richards, which Richards also mentioned in his podcast with Fannita.

“I don’t know if this is my mom hat or just because we work together hat. I don’t trust him. I don’t know his intentions. He’s playing up this narrative of them, and I feel like she wouldn’t do that to someone else. He knows I don’t like him,” Heidi said in the episode.

Coming back to Richards and Dixie’s rumored relationship, it got stirred once again when Richards claimed that he “hooked up” with Dixie during an episode of the BFFs Podcast – which he co-hosts – in October 2023.

During the podcast episode, he mentioned that he had hooked up with her at some point. Later, when co-host Dave Portnoy said, “Josh and Bri confirm that Josh was hooking up with Dixie back around the Super Bowl,” Richards agreed and said, “Okay.”

It seems like Dixie hasn’t commented on Richards’ statement claiming they hooked up. The same can be said of Richards’ comment about him trying to shoot his shot at Charli before Dixie. As of now, Dixie, Charli, and Richards are all happy in their respective relationships.